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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister by Jung Chang
$35.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: 3 Biography
The best-known modern Chinese fairy tale is the story of three sisters from Shanghai, who for most of the twentieth century were at the centre of power in China. It was sometimes said that 'One loved money, one loved power and one loved her country', but there was far more to the Soong sisters than thes ...Show more
The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves by Andrew Lownie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: 3 Biography
A new biography of the glamorous couple behind the modern royal family, from the award-winning author Andrew Lownie. A major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the royal family taking the Mountbatten name, Dickie Mountbatten's career included being Supre ...Show more
The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Pulitzer-Prize winner Samantha Power is widely known as the moral voice of her generation. A relentless advocate for promoting human rights, she has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy." The Education of an Idealist traces Power's extraordinar ...Show more
Greta's Story: The Schoolgirl who went on Strike to Save the Planet by Valentina Camerini
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: 8.5 Kids Non Fiction
The story of Greta Thunberg, the schoolgirl who inspired a worldwide climate change movement. It's 20 August 2018, late summer in Stockholm, and it feels incredibly hot in the city. The TV news reports rising temperatures, and there have been numerous fires throughout Sweden. Fifteen-year-old Greta Thu ...Show more
Frida Kahlo (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Frida Kahlo, the world-renowned painter. When Frida was a teenager, a terrible road accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she began painting from her bed. Her self-portraits ...Show more
Coco Chanel (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
This board book version of Coco Chanel--the first title in the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series--introduces the youngest dreamers to this international style icon. Following the death of her mother, Coco spent her early life in an orphanage, where she was taught how to use a needle ...Show more
Amelia Earhart (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Amelia Earhart, the American aviation pioneer. When Amelia was young, she liked to imagine she could stretch her wings and fly away like a bird. As a grown woman, she set a new female ...Show more
David Attenborough (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams | Reading Level: near fine
In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of David Attenborough, the inspiring broadcaster and conservationist. Little David grew up in Leicester on the campus of a university, where his father was a professor. As a child, he spent hours in the scienc ...Show more
Muhammad Ali (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Little People, Big Dreams | Reading Level: very good
New in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Muhammad Ali, "the greatest" boxer of all time. When he was little, Muhammad Ali had his bicycle stolen. He wanted to fight the thief, but a policeman told him him to learn how to box first. After training hard in the gym, Muha ...Show more
Ian McKellen: The Biography by Garry O'Connor
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Few actors achieve in their lifetime what Sir Ian McKellen has. A repertoire of vast commercial success coupled with critically acclaimed and authoritative Shakespearian roles. A man whose gargantuan personality and varied achievements inspire both admiration and affection. McKellen has been feted and a ...Show more
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague? Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it? For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ...Show more
Madame Tussaud - Her Life and Legacy by Geri Walton
$52.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Madame Marie Tussaud is known worldwide for the chain of wax museums she started over 200 hundred years ago. Less known is that her original wax models were often of the famous and infamous people she personally knew during and after the French Revolution. These were people like Voltaire, Robespierre, a ...Show more